diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index 6751018c8891..93482868a588 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -374,11 +374,6 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
     self.accessibilityIdentifier = RCTNSStringFromString(newViewProps.testId);
   }
 
-  // `zIndex`
-  if (oldViewProps.zIndex != newViewProps.zIndex) {
-    self.layer.zPosition = newViewProps.zIndex.value_or(0);
-  }
-
   _needsInvalidateLayer = _needsInvalidateLayer || needsInvalidateLayer;
 
   _props = std::static_pointer_cast<const ViewProps>(props);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/Differentiator.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/Differentiator.cpp
index 5ede0a186314..6441eff18611 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/Differentiator.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/Differentiator.cpp
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static inline bool shadowNodeIsConcrete(const ShadowNode& shadowNode) {
 
 static void sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsRecursivelyV2(
     ShadowViewNodePair::NonOwningList& pairList,
+    size_t& startOfStaticIndex,
     ViewNodePairScope& scope,
     Point layoutOffset,
     const ShadowNode& shadowNode) {
@@ -247,11 +248,23 @@ static void sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsRecursivelyV2(
          areChildrenFlattened,
          isConcreteView,
          storedOrigin});
-    pairList.push_back(&scope.back());
 
-    if (areChildrenFlattened) {
-      sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsRecursivelyV2(
-          pairList, scope, origin, childShadowNode);
+    if (shadowView.layoutMetrics.positionType == PositionType::Static) {
+      auto it = pairList.begin();
+      std::advance(it, startOfStaticIndex);
+      pairList.insert(it, &scope.back());
+      startOfStaticIndex++;
+      if (areChildrenFlattened) {
+        sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsRecursivelyV2(
+            pairList, startOfStaticIndex, scope, origin, childShadowNode);
+      }
+    } else {
+      pairList.push_back(&scope.back());
+      if (areChildrenFlattened) {
+        size_t pairListSize = pairList.size();
+        sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsRecursivelyV2(
+            pairList, pairListSize, scope, origin, childShadowNode);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
@@ -270,8 +283,9 @@ ShadowViewNodePair::NonOwningList sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsV2(
     return pairList;
   }
 
+  size_t startOfStaticIndex = 0;
   sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsRecursivelyV2(
-      pairList, scope, layoutOffset, shadowNode);
+      pairList, startOfStaticIndex, scope, layoutOffset, shadowNode);
 
   // Sorting pairs based on `orderIndex` if needed.
   reorderInPlaceIfNeeded(pairList);
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
index 7741baff11dd..75370c931cc4 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     marginVertical: 40,
     flex: 1,
     alignSelf: 'center',
+    zIndex: 0,
   },
   flipCard: {
     width: 200,
@@ -255,7 +256,6 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     justifyContent: 'center',
     backgroundColor: 'blue',
     backfaceVisibility: 'hidden',
-    zIndex: 1024,
   },
   flipCard1: {
     position: 'absolute',